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Aortic Valve Replacement Using The Patient's Own Valve

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 33440

Open-heart surgery in which a diseased aortic valve is replaced with the patient's own pulmonary valve, moved into that position. A donor valve is then placed where the pulmonary valve was. Using living tissue avoids lifelong blood-thinning medicine and allows the valve to grow with a child.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Aortic Valve Replacement Using The Patient's Own Valve cost?

$3,311

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,311 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,311 from a physician practice, and about $1,122 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,311$457 to $4,571
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,122$603 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $437 to $8,710Professionalmedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $295 to $5,623
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,122professional $3,311

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,762.47
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$9,120.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$4,897.79
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,317.64
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 7.4 times more in Alaska than in Arkansas. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

South Carolina· 44th of 51

$3,311

AK $13,490AR $1,820

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.